As all government and private schools remain closed since the COVID-19 lockdown, it's having a devastating effect on the poor children in parts of Bihar.
The National Research Centre on Litchi (NRCL) in Bihar's Muzaffarpur has initiated 'Buniyad Purani, Nayi Kahani' initiative.
A mother of a child is his entire world. A loss of such a bond can be a great blow. The toddler in this tragic incident may not even know what is death, and its unfortunate that his first brush came in form of death of his own mother.
As many as 160 migrant workers staying at a quarantine facility in Muzaffarpur on Sunday protested and demanded COVID-19 testing and sanitisation in the facility, after three people tested positive for the deadly virus.
Three women in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur were allegedly thrashed after being tonsured by locals in Dakrama village and paraded half-naked on the superstition of them being ‘witches.’ The incident which took place in Muzaffarpur’s Dakrama village on 4 May.
Four unidentified people, without covering their faces, rob Rs 8 lakh from a private bank in Muzaffarpur on Tuesday. The entire incident was caught on CCTV camera.
Delhi court has convicted 19 in Muzaffarpur shelter home case. NGO owner Brajesh Thakur is also amongst those who have been found guilty of sexual and physical assault of girls at a shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.
A Delhi court Monday reserved its judgment in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case where several girls were sexually and physically assaulted.
One more child died in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Wednesday due to AES. The recent death took place in the Kejriwal hospital. The death toll has reached 132 in the district.
In Bihar, the mortality rate due to AES cases has come down significantly due to strategic interventions made by the central government, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday.
Out of the total 152 deaths due to brain fever across 20 districts in Bihar, 130 deaths were reported at the two Muzaffarpur-based hospitals, which have been admitting AES patients from nearly half a dozen districts in its proximity.
"The central and state teams have finalised the site and design of 100-bed PICU at Muzaffarpur, which will be supported under a centrally sponsored scheme," Vardhan said.
AES or chamki fever has spread to 16 districts in Bihar. Maximum child deaths have been reported from Muzaffarpur.
Maximum number of child deaths have been reported from SKMCH in Muzaffarpur, where children are being treated for Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES).
Experts have blamed the high incidence of hypoglycemia on a toxin found in unripe litchi fruit, which is believed to be consumed by malnourished children from underprivileged backgrounds.
The issue first figured when Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu was reading out obituary references on the death of former members as well as those killed in terrorist attacks in New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
After 117 children died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur, more than two dozen cases of AES deaths have been reported from other districts of Bihar in the last twenty four hours.
Bihar: AES death toll mounts to 112 in Muzaffarpur
Nitish Kumar, accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, visited the state-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), where they met children undergoing treatment and also their parents, a district health official said.
The NHRC had issued a notice to the Bihar government and the Union Health Ministry calling for a detailed report on the growing number of child deaths caused by the encephalitis virus Muzaffarpur.
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